Word: respects
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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James Savage '54 as a boy was not bright, but very thoughtful; full of fun and energy, and possessed of strong personality which commanded respect. He enlisted at the outbreak of the war and was killed at Cedar Mountain. Edward Dalton '55 died of exhaustion after the war. James Lowell '58 was shot once and returned to the North; later he went back to the front and was killed at Glendale. Stephen Perkins '56 was pleasant and witty, a brilliant student, standing at the head of his class in College. He was shot in the battle of Cedar Mountain. Robert...
...mother depended upon him for support. As the successor of Charles Lowell in the control of the railroad at Burlington, he received his first experience in railroading. It was upon his advice that the first line across the state of Iowa was built. Throughout his career he always commanded respect for himself and his road by consideration and kindness for all those with whom he came in contact. In the capacity of officer of a bank in Lincoln, Nebraska, he spent $1,100,000 of his private wealth to prevent its failure, solely because he felt the bank should...
There is little question that college requirements contain so many prescriptions for admission--and no two of them are alike in this respect--that a student who finds late in his course that he can go to college may not be able to go where he wishes, owing to a difference in his school course from that outlined by the college. Any changes which will simplify these prescriptions and make the requirements more easily adaptable to the work done in the schools are welcome. The recent revision of the regulations will be of assistance in this regard and will allow...
There is apparently a slightly different policy being pursued this year in that respect, and the clubs have made arrangements to appear more frequently before the members of the University...
...account king, church, council, and common law. This prose should be read especially by Americans, because it is one of the forerunners of their liberty. In Paradise Lost Milton shows his great spiritual thought; for the Holy Bible is the only work in English that surpasses it in this respect. The poet himself is one of the "kings" of the English race, no one surpassing him in pureness of character...